Weirdest Living Things on Earth

The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey—mostly insects and arachnids. The plants common name refers to the Roman goddess of love, Venus, whereas the genus name refers to Dione.

Nepenthes lowii (pronounced /nɨˈpɛnθiːz ˈloʊwiaɪ/), or Low's Pitcher-Plant,[1] is a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Borneo.

The boojum or (Spanish) cirio (Fouquieria columnaris, syn. Idria columnaris) is a tree in the family Fouquieriaceae, whose other members include the ocotillos. It is nearly endemic to the Baja California Peninsula, with only a small population in the Sierra Bacha of Sonora.

The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, "without form, misshapen" + phallos, "penis", and titan, "giant") is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world.

Rafflesia is a genus of parasitic flowering plants. It was discovered in the Indonesian rain forest by an Indonesian guide working for Dr. Joseph Arnold in 1818, and named after Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the leader of the expedition.